North Carolina Legislature Debates Hospital Plans and Fireworks Ban
The 1947 North Carolina legislature debates hospital and medical center funding including 6.28 million for matching funds and 3.79 million for four year medical school and a Chapel Hill teaching hospital. Bitter battles loom over salaries and the state tax reserve fund. A state-wide fireworks ban faces hearings with contention over manufacturing for out of state shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical School
Teachin Hospital
Chapel Hill
Joint Appropriations Committee
Joint Committee
Arch Allen
Wake
Wade Barber
Chatham
House
Senate
Cherry
House Committee On Manufacturing and Labor
North Carolina
Leroy Scott
Beaufort
Charles B. Martin
Martin
Clarence Hathaway
Gates
Taft Flags Budget Plan Limits Tax Cuts On Deficit Gap
Ohio Senator Taft argued the Republican congress cannot afford to increase the 2.3 billion dollar deficit for the year ending June 1. A 20 percent tax cut traced to January 1 would add about 1.25 billion to the shortfall. He warned only after July 1 budget cuts could create room for tax relief, and a preemptive cut would widen the deficit. He did not expect final action by Congress until late May or June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Congress
Taft
Parallax bomb sights and war era gear go cheap at Detroit dealer
Nathan Silverstine on Six Mile Road offers parallax computer and other war born gear at bargain prices. Items include Norden bomb sight components, ball turrets, radar parts, and flight instruments repurposed for tinkering hobbyists. Many devices are obsolete but intriguing to basement experimenters.
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John Ocreedy
Nathan Silverstine
Detroit
Six Mile Road
Lave
Silverstine
Ilverstine
War Assets Administration
Texas Citrus Roots From Rio Grande Valley
An early grove of seven orange trees in the Lower Rio Grande valley sparked the growth of Texas citrus. The piece notes vast U S forest land and a bazooka gun modeled on a 15th century handgun design.
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Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Gardner Mourned by Nation and Leaders in 1940s Wake
The article recalls tributes from notable figures and friends across politics, government and industry mourning Gardner, with remarks from Franklin D. Roosevelt's widow and other high officials. It lists attendees including Stanley Woodward and George C. Marshall aides, Treasury and War officials, jurists, senators, and North Carolina leaders who paid homage.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Buster
Julia Gand
Kannapolis
Mr. Gardner
Dr. Wall
Gardner
Stanley Woodward
State Department
George C. Marshall
Arthur Gardiner
the Treasury
A. L. M. Wiggins
North Carolina
Fire losses in the United States in 1944 total Nationwide
The record shows 1944 fire losses reaching 423 538000 dollars in the United States and attribute much of the damage to human carelessness. The note mentions Barnum and Bailey's circus in 1896 exhibiting an automobile among their natural wonders.
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United States
Barnum and Bailey's Circus
Life Begins At Forty For Inventors
Thomas Spooner of Electric Corp reports 150 scientists show over half of top inventions come from under age 36 while 35 percent come from those past 40. He notes a peak at 43 and a second surge around 69 with Westinghouse data showing high patent output at midlife.
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Iutseurbh
INS
Thomas Spooner
Spooner
Westinghouse
Tobacco crop sales and Midwest weather outlook
The Georgia crop brought in thousands of dollars last year. Forecasters expect a gradual rise in temperatures in the Midwest on Monday with no relief for eastern sections until Tuesday or later. Winds hit over 60 miles an hour in the Dakotas and Nebraska but diminished later. Occasional snow flurries within the Midwest and over seven inches fell at La Guardia in New York.
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Georgia
Rockies
Midwest
Dakotas
Nebraska
la Guardia
New York
Vandenberg urges labor reform to protect American economy
Senator Vandenberg asserts domestic peace hinges on labor management cooperation and calls for new laws to curb strikes against government and public safety. He defends legality of wage law and warns ex post facto pitfalls, urging stronger rank and file democracy to temper union power.
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United States Senate
America
Republican Congress
Vandenberg
Congress
Treasury
United States
Court Decides Mt. Clemens Portal Time Not Entitled
Judge Picard ruled workers are not entitled to portal time except when going to work. He said the eight minutes in Mt. Clemens is de minimis and set no figure for compensation, noting portal claims may exist in other cases but not this one. Frank E. Cooper called the ruling far reaching and clarifying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Picard
Edward Lamb
Mt. Clemens
Lamb
Frank E. Cooper
Pottery Company
Cooper
Supreme Court
Talmadge case battle fuels McDonough court clash
In Rome Talmadge calls the case a ruse aimed at clouding issues before the Henry County trial. Judge Porter offers a blunt Irish joke as the hearing continues. Monday arguments focus on a declaratory judgment and an injunction to curb Tal madge’s gubernatorial authority.
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Madge
Rome
Henry County
McDonough
Talmadge
Georgia
Thompson
Cattle Breeds Dominate U S Herds and Shawl Design Patterns
Aberdeen Angus Hereford and Shorthorn cattle lead U S herds while butterfly wing patterns inspire famous Indian and Kashmir shawl designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Kashmir
Aftermath of Rhine crime rings and postwar policing
Allied and German authorities report joint efforts across the Rhine to curb hoodlums, with 10 nude bound bodies found and multiple murders and assaults investigated. Mannheim courts handle up to 1,280 criminal cases monthly, tracking dope rings, hijackings, and prostitution networks. last month 1,900 women were picked up for prostitution with 638 cases VD positive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Rhine
Wurttemberg-Baden
Mannheim
Fala Papers Reveal Letters From Dog Named Judy Taylor and Other Notes
A memo in Roosevelts handwriting discusses food diets for a pet veterinary note. A dog named Judy Taylor sent Fala a note signed with a ny mark. A woman in Seymour Indiana sent a four leaf clover and claimed her pekinese pawed it on D day. Jarko from Atlanta declares I am beautiful. Many letters asked for Fala's photograph and the white house replies no pictures available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Steve Early
Ind
Jarko
Atlanta
Fala
White House
Britain Faces Gravest Crisis Since Labour Rise
Attlee promised a parliamentary statement on Monday as Conservatives weigh a censure motion led by Winston Churchill. Sir Hartley Shawcross warned that without coal production gains the government will fail and socialism would end. Shinwell warned that without public cooperation in conservation in ten days a complete disaster could follow.
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Attlee
Winston Churchill
Hartley Shawcross
Lancashire
Great Britain
Daber
Britain
Hitler
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J. C. B. Ehringhaus
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J. Melville Broughton
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